Hello and happy Wednesday!  Today I'm sharing some new quilting books that recently landed on my doorstep.  There is a lot of quilty goodness and inspiration in each one! Just before I left town last week, Lori Holt's new book arrived. Her latest quilt  book, Spelling Bee is

Hello! As I mentioned in my last post, I was able to find some fun things at the quilt shop last weekend.  I absolutely love this "Live Relax Sew" t-shirt with the cute orange sewing machine logo! This is definitely my new favorite tee right now... I also found some fun fabrics...a few

Hello and happy Monday! Late last night I returned home from a wonderful quilt retreat at the Sew Sweet Quilt Shop in Brunswick, Missouri.  I had a fabulous time and was able to teach two days, give a trunk show, and spend time with fabulous quilters! There is just something about attending

Hello! This week I was able to finish a WIP...my grandmother's scrappy quilt that I shared with you recently (and the inspiration for the recent scrappy sew along here on the blog)! I chose a simple all-over orange peel design to be quilted on this quilt (quilting  by Kaitlyn of Knot and

Hello and happy Monday! Today I'm excited to share a fast and fun row quilt I recently made for the American Patchwork & Quilting publication Quilts and More! This is another project for the Scrap Lab feature in the magazine which I really love working on; these projects are always a fun

Hello! It's Patchwork Quilt Along day, and I'm happy to be sharing the blocks for month seven! This month's block is the Propeller block, and it was a simple one to make! I'm still pulling from my scraps for the blocks and backgrounds...this month's blocks feature some left overs from Miss

Hello! I'm just stopping in to let you know about an amazing giveaway from Fat Quarter Shop!  Imagine winning a special edition Cotton + Steel Hello Lovely B350! No purchase necessary to enter.  Commenting on this blog post does not count as an entry.  Fat Quarter Shop employees,

Hello! This weekend I worked on sewing up scrappy quilt blocks...and getting scraps ready to use for even more blocks! While looking for fabric scraps big enough to use for my Scrappy Patchwork Quilt I found another scrappy block project I started a little while ago--my scrappy square in a square

Happy Friday!Welcome to part three of the Scrappy Quilt Sew Along!  I'm having a lot of fun making these blocks, and I hope you are too!  While I've been using mostly scraps from the upcoming Fig Tree collection Hazel & Plum for the blocks, I've been using any light-colored Fig Tree

Hello and happy Wednesday! Last weekend I got caught up with some Bee blocks I'd fallen behind on...you see I have a lot of secret sewing to do over the next few weeks, so I needed to make sure these were finished up and sent off! The Confetti Star paper-pieced block is one I've made before.

Hello! Happy Fourth of July to my American friends!  And happy Tuesday to all!  I'm looking forward to some sewing and some fireworks later in the evening.  It will be a pretty quiet day for us since we're actually having a big family get-together on the weekend. If you're looking

Hello and happy Monday! Welcome to the July Minis and More parade!  This month we are featuring projects perfect for summer sewing and display! And we have such a fun variety of projects to share that I could hardly wait to publish this post! First up is Brenda's "Mini Camper" (pattern by

Hello and happy July!  Welcome to Mystery Block of the Month here at A Quilting Life!  The other day I sat down and finished designing all of the blocks for this quilt, and I have to say I'm super happy with how it's turned out! I'm actually hoping to finish up my quilt soon so that next

Hello and happy Friday! Welcome to part two of the Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Sew Along! As usual I had a hard time deciding on fabrics.  There are many possibilities for a scrappy quilt like this: holiday prints, completely scrappy, scrappy in a certain color way.  I even thought about

Hello and happy Wednesday! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful positive responses to the Scrappy Patchwork Quilt Along! I was excited to get sewing but had a really hard time deciding on fabrics! After looking through fabrics and thinking of several different options, I finally 

Hello and happy Friday! I'm super excited to say that I've got everything ready to start the scrappy patchwork quilt sew along I mentioned on Monday's post about a couple of my grandmother's quilts! I'm glad I looked more closely at my grandmother's quilt and found the pattern! At first glance

Hello and happy Wednesday! Today is the day I get to share my project from the new book I Love House Blocks.  I had a lot of fun making this quilt a little over a year ago with our Desert Bloom fabric collection. Now that I have Creekside fabric, I'm seriously considering making this again!

Hello and happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I was able to take a short trip at the end of last week to visit with my Mom. While I was there she brought out some treasures...some of my grandmother's unfinished quilt tops! My grandmother lived with my mom for eight years before

Hello! Today is  Fat Quarter Shop Patchwork Quilt Along day, and I'm sharing this month's blocks, the "Around the Corner" block design. This month's design features a checkerboard design with half-square triangle units at the corners. I ended up using some strip piecing to speed things

Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Summer is the perfect time to go through your pre-cut fabrics and do some sewing with them. So...I thought today would be a good day to share links to some of my favorite posts with tips for sewing with pre-cuts.  Click on the photos or the links

Hello and happy Wednesday! I've been working on getting everything ready to share my new Layer Cake quilt pattern but thought I'd share a couple of fun things with you in the meantime! I have a quilt in the upcoming book I Love House Blocks...and will be sharing  more about this book and

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today I'm sharing my favorite red, white and blue quilts! I've been making one or two quilts using my favorite red, white and blue fabrics each year for quite a few years now, and I have a good little collection I use to decorate with from Memorial Day through Labor

Hello and happy Monday! I've been working on some small bags here and there and thought I'd share my most recent finish along with a few thoughts on how I stay organized sewing these small projects. After doing my market sewing, I found I had enough extra quilted fabric to make a few more small

Hello and happy Saturday! Today I'm sharing some more quilt market inspiration (my final photos from market)...and I have a giveaway to share at the end of this post! Once again I need to apologize for the lighting at this market...I've been reading a few other quilt market wrap ups and have

Hello and happy Friday! Today I'm excited to tell you about a new shortcut pattern from the Fat Quarter Shop.  As soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to give it a try! The pattern is designed for a jelly roll along with background, accent, border and binding fabric. But of course the

Hello and happy June! Today I have a very summery treat for you...a pineapple parade! My summery pineapple quilt was so much fun...and now after seeing some of the ideas in today's parade, I might have to make another pineapple project or two! Pineapples are considered a symbol of hospitality,

Hello and welcome to month six of the 2017 Quilting Life Mystery Block of the Month! I can't believe we are half-way through making this quilt, but is sure is fun seeing the blocks accumulate each month! Since we are at the half-way point, look at all of your blocks together before choosing

Hello! I've been working on a little something here and there in my spare time...trying to make the absolute most of my Ann's Arbor Layer Cake! I decided I really wanted a quilt out of this fabric, and since yardage won't be  available until later this summer I decided I'd better try to

Hello and happy Sunday! And, happy Memorial Day if you are here in the United States!  Memorial Day weekend is not only the time we remember those who died in  active military service, but it's also the unofficial start of summer.  One of my favorite things to do on Memorial Day

Hello! Now that I've been home for a few days I've been able to unpack and sort through all of the things I was able to see at market. Today I'm sharing some favorite product finds! One of the books I was most excited to see at market was the brand new book Minick and Simpson Blue & White:

Hello! Today I'm sharing a little of my pre-market sewing with the new Fig Tree & Company collection Hazel & Plum. I've been sewing samples for Joanna for quite a few years now (the first collection I sewed with for her was Mill House Inn).  So it doesn't quite seem like market time